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Personally, I think this person should be fired from reddit. However, I would like to earnestly raise the question to those who generally take issue with "cance

Personally, I think this person should be fired from reddit. However, I would like to earnestly raise the question to those who generally take issue with "cancel culture" if they believe that this type of reaction is something that is appropriate. Specifically, I am referring to these online protests that are focused on the goal of firing this employee.

benjohnson 6y ago
Perhaps part of "Cancel Culture" is an indication that we don't trust the criminal justice system - given that it's reasonable to ask why this person wasn't arrested and tried with aiding her father's kidnapping, torture, and rape of a very young child. (If I'm understanding the events correctly)
- nonameiguess 6y ago
  Given 1997 birth year and the father being put away 20 years ago, I imagine she was pretty young when this was happening, young enough to excuse not doing anything about it.
  - nsilvestri 6y ago
    Her father was convicted and sentenced 22 years in 2018.
  - canadaduane 6y ago
    I think it was put away for 20ish years, not 20 years ago: "In August 2018, Knight's father David Challenor was sentenced to 22 years in prison..."
    - nonameiguess 6y ago
      Yeah, clearly that was wrong. I assumed based on him being an election agent, he wasn't still in prison, and based on not being in prison, must have served the sentence. I don't know anything about how the UK system works, so bad assumptions.
nonameiguess 6y ago
Honestly, no. Association with child rapists is fairly bad, but I don't see how you're supposed to just bar people who themselves didn't do anything illegal from ever being employed at all anywhere. She needs to do something for work and this is pretty harmless compared to being a politician, which she should absolutely be barred from.
- enragedcacti 6y ago
  I think harmless is working at a grocery store or writing code for a smart lightbulb, not helping to decide what stays and what goes on a website with a really problematic history of managing what is acceptable content in terms of child pornography, among other things. I think redditors have a right to be skeptical, especially when there are so many people like her husband trying to attach pedophilia to the LGBT cause.
- root_axis 6y ago
  I'd like to expand on this a little more. Do you think these communities are wrong for their protest? Personally, I think it's fair for the users of reddit to express their displeasure with respect to how reddit operates the business, even in situations where I might disagree with the sentiment (though this isn't such a case).
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ansible 6y ago
I am not in favor of this person getting fired. That said, should this person be making decisions with regards to abuse reports (especially those involving questionable content involving children) when this person has apparently shown poor judgement in administration decisions on Reddit that involve said content? Or anything involving community relations? No. I'd be satisfied if they found something else for her to do.
Viliam1234 6y ago
I suppose there is a continuum. And yet, "fire people who tweeted something politically incorrect" seems to me like overreaction, and "don't let pedophile-friendly people moderate web forums for minors" seems quite reasonable. Yeah, we could find an example somewhere in the middle of these two, and then I perhaps wouldn't have a strong opinion.

benjohnson 6y ago

Perhaps part of "Cancel Culture" is an indication that we don't trust the criminal justice system - given that it's reasonable to ask why this person wasn't arrested and tried with aiding her father's kidnapping, torture, and rape of a very young child. (If I'm understanding the events correctly)

nonameiguess 6y ago
Given 1997 birth year and the father being put away 20 years ago, I imagine she was pretty young when this was happening, young enough to excuse not doing anything about it.
- nsilvestri 6y ago
  Her father was convicted and sentenced 22 years in 2018.
- canadaduane 6y ago
  I think it was put away for 20ish years, not 20 years ago: "In August 2018, Knight's father David Challenor was sentenced to 22 years in prison..."
  - nonameiguess 6y ago
    Yeah, clearly that was wrong. I assumed based on him being an election agent, he wasn't still in prison, and based on not being in prison, must have served the sentence. I don't know anything about how the UK system works, so bad assumptions.

nonameiguess 6y ago

Honestly, no. Association with child rapists is fairly bad, but I don't see how you're supposed to just bar people who themselves didn't do anything illegal from ever being employed at all anywhere. She needs to do something for work and this is pretty harmless compared to being a politician, which she should absolutely be barred from.

enragedcacti 6y ago
I think harmless is working at a grocery store or writing code for a smart lightbulb, not helping to decide what stays and what goes on a website with a really problematic history of managing what is acceptable content in terms of child pornography, among other things. I think redditors have a right to be skeptical, especially when there are so many people like her husband trying to attach pedophilia to the LGBT cause.
root_axis 6y ago
I'd like to expand on this a little more. Do you think these communities are wrong for their protest? Personally, I think it's fair for the users of reddit to express their displeasure with respect to how reddit operates the business, even in situations where I might disagree with the sentiment (though this isn't such a case).
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ansible 6y ago

I am not in favor of this person getting fired. That said, should this person be making decisions with regards to abuse reports (especially those involving questionable content involving children) when this person has apparently shown poor judgement in administration decisions on Reddit that involve said content? Or anything involving community relations? No. I'd be satisfied if they found something else for her to do.

Viliam1234 6y ago

I suppose there is a continuum. And yet, "fire people who tweeted something politically incorrect" seems to me like overreaction, and "don't let pedophile-friendly people moderate web forums for minors" seems quite reasonable. Yeah, we could find an example somewhere in the middle of these two, and then I perhaps wouldn't have a strong opinion.